This is the third year for poppies

[BarnBuster]

Man, that's some field of dreams, Dorothy! Great Job!! You mentioned another 25K of seed. Will these not self-perpetuate from ripe pods/seeds that well? How large an area does this cover?

 

[canndo]

I just placed another order for an additional 25,000 seeds. I went with Tasmanian's for all 25k cause my normal supplier was out of the Persians. But I've grown thousand's of Taz's before with success and yielded 63mg per plant and got a total of 954 gram's raw opium off of 15,000 seeds. Those 954 gram's of raw opium I then cooked and got 868g of cooked opium(91% yield). Off that I only pulled 69g of finished product which was my fault though I should of gotten closer to 87g(normally the opium to heroin ratio is 10 to 1, meaning 10g opium should of make 1g of dope. I only got about 1 gram of H to 12.5g of opium). So I only got 69g instead of the estimated 87g but it still worked out. I mean getting 69g of H for $15 bucks for the seed's and about $170 worth of nute's and equipment is still a hell of a deal. Taz's were bred for the pharma industry and it was bred for them for its high alkaloid content. So really I should have gotten closer to the 10 to 1 ratio instead of the 12.5 to 1 but I screwed up the process somewhere and it cost me about 20 grams. But then again it could have been the genetics. But oh well like I said it still worked out.

So sorry for all that I'm high and just kept typing and nodding out. My point was that if you want to produce something from the opium you need to grow quite a few. Take care be careful.

Well I am impressed, very. Though, we do differ a tad, I'd have kept that almost KILO of cooked o and left it at that. But there is that challenge....

 

[sonar]

Thanks for the reminder. Guess it is about that time to put some seeds out.

Curious, I've read mixed information regarding the legality of growing poppies. I've read, on a federal level, it is technically illegal but not really enforced. I've also heard that it is only illegal if you are caught extracting latex. Finally, I heard they can bust you if they think you intent on extracting opium, meaning they don't necessarily have to see you cutting or gathering latex. They only need reason to believe you are going to or did.

I say this with an unblemished record of heterosexuality, they do make very pretty flowers. lol.

 

[canndo]

Thanks for the reminder. Guess it is about that time to put some seeds out.

Curious, I've read mixed information regarding the legality of growing poppies. I've read, on a federal level, it is technically illegal but not really enforced. I've also heard that it is only illegal if you are caught extracting latex. Finally, I heard they can bust you if they think you intent on extracting opium, meaning they don't necessarily have to see you cutting or gathering latex. They only need reason to believe you are going to or did.

I say this with an unblemished record of heterosexuality, they do make very pretty flowers. lol.

Very pretty flowers, and the legality winds up actually being at the discression of the officers. If you are an old lady and your back yard is filled with giganthemums, you have little to worry about unless evidence is found of tiny brow slits in the heads. If you are a 20 something guy who constantly wears his "Got Hemp" tee shirt while tending his three little poppy plants, you may well expect a visit if only a threatening one. On the one hand the posession of poppy straw is a crime, on the other, those bulbs ARE considered poppy straw.


You may have a tough time in court if you are found with the obvious but otherwise, most likely no one will bother you from start to finish.

 

[MrEDuck]

I've grown poppies more years than I haven't and never had a problem. In my old neighborhood the cops who walked around regularly complimented my garden. Just don't start scoring them in the front yard with people watching.

 

[sonar]

I thought about mixing the seeds in a few cups of soil then spreading the soil across the plot to help spread them evenly and also give the seeds something to anchor to.

 

[silusbotwin]

I would think seed bombs would be a fool-proof solution. Do some research on seed bombs